TY - SER KW - Roman Catholics KW - Italian Americans KW - Polish Americans KW - polka KW - gambling KW - police KW - Black Americans AU - James Vincent Gambone Jr. AB - Fourteen short stories based on the author's early childhood, during which he lived in a four-story tenement with his parents, grandmother, and aunt and uncle. C1 - 1945-51 C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Crafton Heights; Guardian Angels Church; West End; West End Theater; Elliot; Ridgemont C4 - Historical; Comedy; Roman à clef CY - Crystal Bay, MN LA - English M3 - Short Stories N2 - Fourteen short stories based on the author's early childhood, during which he lived in a four-story tenement with his parents, grandmother, and aunt and uncle. PB - Elder Eye Press PP - Crystal Bay, MN PY - 2021 RN - James V. Gambone, Jr. (1945- ), raised in Pittsburgh, earned a Ph.D. and served in the Peace Corps. He lives in Mound, Minnesota. EP - 83 p. TI - Ride the Wild Pony and Other Stories from 57 Steuben Street: A Children's Book for Grown-Ups ER -